Security Engineer
Snap Inc.· Engineering
SydneyFull timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Join Snap Inc.'s Detection and Response (D&R) team as a Security Engineer. Build and deploy security systems, perform incident response, detection engineering, and threat investigations across Snap’s production, infrastructure, and tools from the Sydney office.
Responsibilities
- Build, deploy and maintain large scale security systems across our ecosystem.
- Research, innovate and improve our security capabilities through new and enhanced tooling.
- Develop smart automation strategies to reduce the need for manual alert triage.
- Conduct detection engineering to increase coverage, identifying malicious activities across Snap Inc.'s endpoints, infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments.
- Investigate alerts and potential incidents end-to-end, including digital forensics, malware analysis and threat intelligence as needed.
- Lead incident response efforts and respond to intrusion attempts and suspicious activities, collaborating with multiple Snap Inc. teams.
- Participate in red team exercises and threat simulations in order to identify gaps, improve competencies and expand the team’s knowledge.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field
- 3+ years of experience in the field of incident response, detection engineering or related security disciplines
Skills
Required:Programming in Python and/or GoBeyondCorp / ZeroTrustIncident management and responseHost/Network intrusion detectionOS internals
Nice to have:Digital forensicsMalware analysisNetwork telemetryThreat intelligenceThreat hunting
Benefits
- Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Snap Inc.
We contribute to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate.
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